Direct hemagglutination technique for differentiating Bacteroides asaccharolyticus oral strains from nonoral strains
- 1 September 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 10 (3), 371-373
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.10.3.371-373.1979
Abstract
A simple and economical method for differentiating B. asaccharolyticus of oral sources from nonoral sources [human] is described. Oral strains of B. asaccharolyticus strongly agglutinate sheep erythrocytes; isolates from various nonoral sites typically are devoid of hemagglutination activity. The direct hemagglutination test may aid in determining the source of B. asaccharolyticus present in an infection, and thus the procedure has potential value as a means of biotyping.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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